WGS101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Glass Ceiling
11 Feb 2016
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Equality - removing all obstacles to women"s active participation in all spheres of public and private life through a full and equal share in economic, social, cultural and political decision making. Equality for feminists lies in the notions of valuing people and valuing differences. Women experience barriers to advancement and access to better and higher paying jobs. The glass ceiling are the invisible structures that hold women back in their careers. Pink colour ghettos - allocates particular jobs to women. These jobs in the caring and service industry are an extension of work done in the home. These areas of work paid less, viewed as unskilled and often lack employment benefits and pensions. Some women work in blue colour (male) jobs but are paid less and many also faced sexism in these jobs. The equality act passed in 1963 to address discriminatory wages of women working full-time. In canada in 2006 women earned sh. 71 of the dollar mean earned.
